until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Parallel translations
- WEB until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- KJV Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
- NKJV Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- NASB Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- NLT until I find a place to build a house for the Lord, a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”
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Quick answer
His goal was to find a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. It reveals that David's whole drive was to honor God with a fitting habitation.
Overview
David's purpose climaxes here: to locate a dwelling for the Lord, the Mighty One of Jacob. His longing was for God's presence to be established among His people. This desire is answered ultimately in Christ, in whom the fullness of God dwells and through whom believers become God's temple.
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Cross-references · 9
- Eph 2:22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
- 2 Chr 2:6But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
- Acts 7:46–49who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
- 1 Chr 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- Isa 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- 1 Chr 15:3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
- 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- 2 Sam 6:17So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Chr 15:12And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
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